书名: The Philosopher in Plato's Statesman
作者: Mitchell Miller (Author)
出版社: Parmenides Publishing; 1 edition (September 15, 2004)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 1930972164
ISBN-13: 978-1930972162
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Book Description
In the Statesman, Plato brings together--only to challenge and displace--his own crowning contributions to philosophical method, political theory, and drama. In his 1980 study, reprinted here, Mitchell Miller employs literary theory and conceptual analysis to expose the philosophical, political, and pedagogical conflict that is the underlying context of the dialogue, revealing that its chaotic variety of movements is actually a carefully harmonized act of realizing the mean. The original study left one question outstanding: what specifically, in the metaphysical order of things, motivated the nameless Visitor from Elea to abandon bifurcation for his consummating non-bifurcatory division of fifteen kinds at the end of the dialogue? Miller addressed in a separate essay, first published in 1999 and reprinted here. In it, he opens the horizon of interpretation to include the new metaphysics of the Parmenides, the Philebus, and the "unwritten teachings."
Review
"Miller reads the text as closely as any "Straussian," and more closely than many. He casts considerable light on virtually every aspect of the dialogue. Perhaps the most pervasive theme of Miller's study is that in the Statesman, Plato does two things: (1) he warns the younger members of the Academy against surrender to Pythagoreanism; (2) he provides training in the use of the universal method of diaeresis. All in all, this book is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the Statesman." -- Stanley Rosen, Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy, Boston University
"This study demonstrates how the Statesman is the culminating expression of Plato's lifelong effort, both in Athens and in the Academy, to bring metaphysical insight to the unending political crisis of his times."The Philosopher in Plato's Statesman a trail-blazing work. While not every reader will agree with the lessons Miller himself draws from this approach, none should fail to be impressed by its interpretive power. All this is exciting stuff. The interpretive pathway on which Miller has embarked has the potential for changing the face of scholarship on the late Platonic dialogues. Parmenides [Publishing] is to be commended for making these two important contributions available under a single cover." -- Kenneth Sayre, Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
About the Author
Mitchell Miller is professor of philosophy at Vassar College. He is also the author of Plato's Parmenides.
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作者: Mitchell Miller (Author)
出版社: Parmenides Publishing; 1 edition (September 15, 2004)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 1930972164
ISBN-13: 978-1930972162
电子书格式：DJVU, 推荐查看工具：WinDjView
Book Description
In the Statesman, Plato brings together--only to challenge and displace--his own crowning contributions to philosophical method, political theory, and drama. In his 1980 study, reprinted here, Mitchell Miller employs literary theory and conceptual analysis to expose the philosophical, political, and pedagogical conflict that is the underlying context of the dialogue, revealing that its chaotic variety of movements is actually a carefully harmonized act of realizing the mean. The original study left one question outstanding: what specifically, in the metaphysical order of things, motivated the nameless Visitor from Elea to abandon bifurcation for his consummating non-bifurcatory division of fifteen kinds at the end of the dialogue? Miller addressed in a separate essay, first published in 1999 and reprinted here. In it, he opens the horizon of interpretation to include the new metaphysics of the Parmenides, the Philebus, and the "unwritten teachings."
Review
"Miller reads the text as closely as any "Straussian," and more closely than many. He casts considerable light on virtually every aspect of the dialogue. Perhaps the most pervasive theme of Miller's study is that in the Statesman, Plato does two things: (1) he warns the younger members of the Academy against surrender to Pythagoreanism; (2) he provides training in the use of the universal method of diaeresis. All in all, this book is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the Statesman." -- Stanley Rosen, Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy, Boston University
"This study demonstrates how the Statesman is the culminating expression of Plato's lifelong effort, both in Athens and in the Academy, to bring metaphysical insight to the unending political crisis of his times."The Philosopher in Plato's Statesman a trail-blazing work. While not every reader will agree with the lessons Miller himself draws from this approach, none should fail to be impressed by its interpretive power. All this is exciting stuff. The interpretive pathway on which Miller has embarked has the potential for changing the face of scholarship on the late Platonic dialogues. Parmenides [Publishing] is to be commended for making these two important contributions available under a single cover." -- Kenneth Sayre, Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
About the Author
Mitchell Miller is professor of philosophy at Vassar College. He is also the author of Plato's Parmenides.
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